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papable

/pey-puh-buhl/US // ˈpeɪ pə bəl //

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : suitable or likely to become pope.

Examples

  • It's a sweltering hot day in London today, a real British heat wave with no a/c, and the Jubilee enthusiasm is papable.

  • These wants, papable as they are in times of peace, become doubly pressing in time of war.

  • The threat was too papable to be mistaken, nor was he sufficiently conversant with the world of policy to detect its fallacy.